Which Telescope?

[Dan2008]

Just introduced myself on the Welcome Thread

Im looking for a first scope, Im wanting to see the moon/jupiter/saturn mainly, Can anyone recommend a Scope to get me started?

Im not looking to spend a fortune at first as i want to get a feel for what's out there etc, Ill put a budget of £150 for guidance! Any help would be appreciated, Thanks

Should have stated i have a 10mm/25mm/3.6mm eye piece.

[bonefish]

Well, i got this model and it is in budget and very happy with it.

Have a look at this one on FLO

Homepage - Skywatcher Explorer 130

Hope this helps !

[Ewok]

Hi Dan.

I got a Celestron AstroMaster 130 eq from Morris Photographic. Really good deal at £111.00

[rowan46]

hello there are 3 decent ones that meet your criteria I'll start with the cheapest Reflectors - Skywatcher Skyhawk 1145P this has excellent optics but it has the smallest apparture. (the larger the apparture the brighter the image). Reflectors - Skywatcher Heritage 130p Flextube this one is not so rugged as the other 2 it is however more portable has excellent optics and bigger apparture. Reflectors - Skywatcher Explorer 130 this one is a larger version of the first except its optics are not so good. still a good scope though. and this one imo is the best of the lot it is however just outside your limit Reflectors - Skywatcher Explorer 130P. Essentially the ones with the larger apparture will show a brighter image the ones with the p will give the cleaner one

[Dan2008]

Thanks for your replies, I will have a read etc on them